Mr. Namin agreed to repay travel money, which was part of a controversy that some believe led to his request for a personal leave on Dec. 11. That leave was, about a month later, changed to a paid administrative leave.

School committee members declined to say whether Mr. Namin would be compensated in any way for leaving the district before the 2017 expiration of his contract. Mrs. Gershman said she wanted to check with legal counsel before releasing a copy of the superintendent’s resignation letter.

Committee members also voted tonight to have acting Superintendent Debora Zablocki cut $200,000 worth of positions from the current year’s budget. Those cuts will include aides, special education teachers, a therapeutic intervention specialist and others.

But cutting two dean of student positions was put on hold after an outcry from parents and teachers, despite Mrs. Zablocki’s research showing the ratio of administrators to students is higher than in many other districts.

Mrs. Zablocki said the two positions will equal about four teachers and agreed to rework the numbers and make other recommendations for cuts at next week’s meeting.

The cuts will reduce the amount of money the school will need to borrow to finish the school year. Acting Business Manager Richard Scortino said he hopes to reduce the borrowing to less than $1.65 million through cuts and any money left in the superintendent’s salary account.

The state Legislature has been asked to approve a bill that will allow the school department to borrow up to $2 million. Mr. Scortino said that debt would be paid off by the towns over 10 years and he is hoping to borrow much less than $2 million. He said, though, that the outlook for fiscal 2014, which starts July 1, is not good and the budget he’s created for next year is not balanced.

He expects to present “benchmarks” to selectmen in both towns at a closed-door working session Monday morning.